Baking students from Tampa schools who go on to become
bakers,
chefs,
pastry chefs,
pastry artists, etc.
have a good chance at finding employment.
For example, there are 140,510 people working as
bakers alone in the US, and their average annual salary is
$25,350.
Also, Food preparation and serving related employees make on average $20,880 per year and there are about 11,218,260 of them employed in the US today.
In fact, in the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater area alone, there are
97,860 employed food preparation and serving related employees earning an average salary of
$20,660. Bakers in this area earn
$23,760/yr and there are 660 employed.

Tampa lies in Hillsborough county, which is one of the
49 counties in Florida. Overall, the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater area has 1,131,330 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 1% unemployment
rate, $20/hr average worker wage, and a $40,590 average annual salary.
Thus, about 1 out of every 1000 jobs in Tampa are held by bakers,
and 86/1000 are held by food preparation and serving related employees.

Of the 3 baking schools
with a 100-mile radius of
Tampa,
only 1 has a student population over 10k.
After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid,
Orlando Culinary Academy
comes out as the most expensive ($52,209/yr) for baking students, with Valencia Community College as the lowest, reported at only $8,153/yr.

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Baking students from Tampa schools who go on to become
bakers,
chefs,
pastry chefs,
pastry artists, etc.
have a good chance at finding employment.
For example, there are 140,510 people working as
bakers alone in the US, and their average annual salary is
$25,350.
Also, Food preparation and serving related employees make on average $20,880 per year and there are about 11,218,260 of them employed in the US today.
In fact, in the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater area alone, there are
97,860 employed food preparation and serving related employees earning an average salary of
$20,660. Bakers in this area earn
$23,760/yr and there are 660 employed.

Tampa lies in Hillsborough county, which is one of the
49 counties in Florida. Overall, the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater area has 1,131,330 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 1% unemployment
rate, $20/hr average worker wage, and a $40,590 average annual salary.
Thus, about 1 out of every 1000 jobs in Tampa are held by bakers,
and 86/1000 are held by food preparation and serving related employees.

Of the 3 baking schools
with a 100-mile radius of
Tampa,
only 1 has a student population over 10k.
After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid,
Orlando Culinary Academy
comes out as the most expensive ($52,209/yr) for baking students, with Valencia Community College as the lowest, reported at only $8,153/yr.